Saturday, July 23, 2016

Ted Cruz 2020 presidential run may have fundraising problems. His major donor the Mercers, who rarely comment in news media, tell NY Times they're 'profoundly disappointed that on Wednesday night' Cruz disregarded his pledge to support the Republican nominee, Donald Trump. Cruz was booed by members of Texas delegation at breakfast on Thursday-NY Times

The statement continued: “The Democratic Party
will soon choose as their nominee a candidate who would repeal both the
First and Second Amendments of the Bill of Rights, a nominee who would
remake the Supreme Court in her own image. We need ‘all hands on deck’
to ensure that Mr. Trump prevails.”

The Mercers invested at least $11 million in Keep the Promise I, one of a group of interlocked “super PACs”
that supported Mr. Cruz in his presidential run. During the contentious
primary race, Mr. Cruz had early praise for Mr. Trump on the belief
that his candidacy would eventually fade and that Mr. Trump’s voters
would move over to the senator’s camp.

Instead, Mr. Trump’s candidacy endured and the race between the men grew increasingly rancorous.

After Mr. Cruz’s speech at the convention in Cleveland,Sheldon G. Adelson,
the casino magnate who was an early admirer of Mr. Cruz in the
primaries, blocked him from his suite. (A friend of Mr. Adelson’s,
claiming to represent him, insisted after the fact that he was not
trying to disrespect the senator.)

“Senator
Cruz considers Bob and Rebekah to be patriots and friends. As Senator
Cruz urged in Cleveland, Hillary Clinton
would be a disaster for America. Republicans need to unite, and the
only way to unite is behind shared principles. His speech laid out a
path — vigorously defending freedom and the Constitution — for our
nominee to unite the party and for Republicans to win up and down the
ticket.”

Mr.
Mercer in recent weeks has helped fund a new effort for donors who want
to defeat Mrs. Clinton, but who do not want to donate to a group that
is openly supporting Mr. Trump. That group is being operated by David
Bossie, the president of the group Citizens United.